周六，一名工人在日本最大喀斯特高原——山口县秋吉台公园的传统烧山活动中因严重烧伤死亡。当局表示，控制性大火于上午10时左右点燃，大约20分钟后，消防人员报告一名男子被火焰包围，该男子被紧急送往医院，后被宣布死亡。尽管2017年发生类似致命事故后加强了安全措施，此次事件仍发生。
位于山口县美祢市的秋吉台公园，以日本最大的喀斯特高原闻名，散布着白色石灰岩地貌和草丘。年度控制性烧草活动称为烧小作（yakewari），当地居民和市官员使用煤气喷枪在多个地点点燃草丛，旨在保护生态系统并为新年准备景观。消防人员在场监督操作。nn大火于周六上午10时左右开始。大约20分钟后，消防人员通知警方，一名男子被火焰吞没。他被送往医院，但被确认死亡。据美祢市称，一名负责控制火势蔓延的志愿消防员仍下落不明。当时公园内约有4000人。nn此次悲剧是该活动第二次发生致命事故，此前2017年也发生过类似烧伤死亡事件，此后地方当局加强了预防事故的努力。当局正在调查原因，凸显了这些传统实践安全协议的持续担忧。
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A wildfire in South Korea's southern Hamyang County has raged for a third day as firefighters and forestry officials race to contain the main blaze by the end of Monday. The fire, which broke out around 9 p.m. Saturday, has burned 190 hectares, with a containment rate of 32 percent as of 5 a.m. Monday.
A fire at Diamond Hill Columbarium in Hong Kong on Sunday injured a 53-year-old man surnamed Wong and his 32-year-old son with burns from falling ashes. Police preliminary investigation found the blaze caused by an overheated exhaust fan connected to a joss paper burner. Firefighters extinguished the No 1 alarm fire promptly.
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Six participants in Okayama Prefecture's naked festival were injured and hospitalized. Three of them were unconscious at the time. Local police are investigating the incident.
Ten people have died and four remain missing after a fire at an auto parts plant in Daejeon, with 59 others injured. The blaze erupted on Friday afternoon, complicating rescue efforts due to collapse risks and 200 kilograms of sodium inside. Authorities began interior searches late Friday night.
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Kumamoto Prefecture marked the 10th anniversary of the deadly 2016 earthquakes on Thursday with a commemoration ceremony. Families and officials observed a moment of silence for the 278 victims, as the governor and Chief Cabinet Secretary pledged to pass on lessons learned. The back-to-back quakes caused extensive damage.
Firefighters battling Hong Kong’s deadliest inferno in decades prioritized controlling the blaze over evacuating residents due to its unprecedented scale, a public inquiry has heard. Four Fire Services Department officers testified on Monday about the initial stages of the 43-hour fire that ravaged Wang Fuk Court in November. Commander Raymond Wong King-man stated, “If you cannot put out the fire, how can you save those trapped inside?”
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A Chinese national was booked on Monday for accidentally causing a fire at a cold storage warehouse in South Korea's Wando County last week that killed two firefighters, police said. The suspect used a torch while removing epoxy flooring during repaving work, according to the Wando police station.